Avec Al Amana, Proparco signe un nouveau projet pour soutenir le secteur privé marocain

À l’occasion de la célébration dans la région de son 40ème anniversaire, Proparco signe un nouveau projet : Al Amana, pour soutenir le secteur privé marocain. En accordant ce prêt de 3 millions ...

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Lynk, a young start-up transforming the informal sector in Kenya

In Kenya, as in the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa, the informal sector is omnipresent and very dynamic. 80% of the working population is employed in the informal sector.    THE CONTEXT  Seeing ...

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JUMO : banking services in the palm of your hand

Thanks to the emergence of the financial technologies sector – FinTech – and mobile phones in Africa, these devices have become real service delivery platforms. One example is JUMO, a start-up ...

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Andela and the developers from the Silicon Savanah

From autonomous solar energy systems to mobile payment solutions for unbanked users, technology is helping to solve a wide range of major development problems in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists, ...

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Proparco extends a $10m loan to SA Taxi, the primary supporter of South Africa’s minibus taxi owners

Proparco has granted a US$10m (ZAR 124 m) loan in local currency to SA Taxi Development Finance Proprietary Limited (‘SA Taxi”), a subsidiary of JSE-listed Transaction Capital Limited and one of ...

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Proparco invests in the development of the leading microfinance institution in Tunisia

Proparco has taken an equity participation worth 5.9 million in Enda Tamweel, the pioneering microfinance institution in Tunisia. This participation is part of the microfinance ...

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Innovation : Proparco announces its first investment in JUMO, a FinTech company to develop mobile loans in Africa

Proparco today announced a US$3m equity investment in JUMO, which is an emerging market technology start-up offering unbanked or under-banked people access to financial services via their mobile ...

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Cameroun: the seeds of entrepreneurs in agribusiness

With the TRANSFORM program, AFD and its partners are giving Cameroonian entrepreneurs the opportunity of bringing their initiatives to fruition. An innovative and effective way of reviving ...

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Proparco has granted a US$ 25 million loan to Access Bank the Nigerian agri-food sector

Access Bank, a major player in the Nigerian banking sector, has just received a US$100m loan from the Dutch development bank, FMO. Proparco has contributed US$25m of this amount. This credit ...

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